Thanks so much for the tips. That spaghetti squash sounds great. Because we're so rural, I'll just have to see what the very limited number of stores decide to sell.

As for why I never ate it, well - I'm not sure. My late father was a meat amd potato sort (veggies not required), so that's what I grew up with. But since I hit the half century mark in a couple months, I feel like "if not now, when".